Paul Walker

[MikeWaters]

"I was raised a Mormon, but I don't live that way," says Paul Walker, star of The Fast and the Furious. "I feel Mormons as a whole definitely wouldn't condone the things I've done as of late. Maybe I have a sick way of justifying it, but I portray characters. It's not necessarily something I condone."

Still, Walker says, religion is very much part of his life. "I don't necessarily go to a church, but I believe in God," he says. "Although the things you may see me doing in movies may not indicate that, I'm a pretty moral person."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-07-04-celebs-religion_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA

I was just curious if he was a practicing or believing Mormon. Looks like he got into some legal trouble when younger, and has a daughter from a previous relationship.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Walker

[il Padrino Ute]

I'd be interested in knowing how many actors were raised LDS, or at least come from and LDS background. I knew about Walker and also know that Matthew Modine was baptized as a kid, but was never really active afterwards.

Rick Schroeder comes to mind as an active LDS convert.

Gordon Jump was very active as well.

Any others, including actresses?

[cougjunkie]

I know a lot of people will laugh, but my cousin served his mission in Colombia and Shakiras father is a branch president down there. he has pictures with her mom and dad. She was raised LDS but was never baptized.

Also in terms of sports a lot of people dont know Jeff Kent is LDS, Roy Halladay is LDS.

Actors: I just found out Wilford Brimley was LDS, that shocked me ;)

[Surfah]

Eliza Dushku was raised LDS.

Hoss from Bonanza was LDS too.

Katherine Hegl is LDS, I don't believe she is active anymore.

Ryan Gosling was raised LDS.

Kelly Packard is LDS. I grew up in the same stake as her. She was married in the temple.

[danimal]

Saw Rick Schroeder on Howard Stern. I was pretty impressed with him, other than the fact that he was on Stern. He handled some really condescending questions well and didn't get flustered by Howard at all. A lot of the interview was about being Mormon.

Oh yeah, Steve Martin is LDS too.

[MikeWaters]

Eliza Dushku



Is it true you were raised in the Mormon faith?
I kind of fell out of Mormonism at a young age. My brothers and I were not completely rebellious, but I remember driving to church in the minivan on Sunday--church is three hours long if you're Mormon--we would stop at a red light, throw open the slider [door] and run for the hills. My mother would be screaming!

http://www.eonline.com/Features/Features/Tube2003/StarQA/dushku.html

[Surfah]

Eliza Dushku





http://www.eonline.com/Features/Features/Tube2003/StarQA/dushku.html

So she was a typical mormon youth.

There are a bunch of professional snowboarders who are LDS. Brandon Bybee, Mitch Nelson, and Jeremey Jones come to mind. JP Walker's girlfriend, professional snowboarder Roberta Rogers was baptized a few years ago. Also, Torah Bright is a lifelong member.

My favorite famous mormon was more infamous than famous...D.B. Cooper.

[Robin]

Butch Cassidy was Mormon.

[Robin]

Donny Osmond is another famous mormon :)

[ute4ever]

Jewel was born in Payson, and moved to Alaska when she was 1 or 2. Her dad went to BYU, and later apostatized after getting caught up in anti literature.

In a VH-1 documentary, they interviewed her brothers, who said Jewel learned to sing and play guitar when her family would get together once a week to share their talents. "We called it Family Home Evening." I have it on VHS.

[Parrot Head]

Who was DB Cooper? The name stands out to me as a character in Prison Break, but nothing else off hand.

[il Padrino Ute]

DB Cooper was a guy who hijacked a flight out of Seattle in the early 70s. IIRC, he had the plane go back to Seattle where he collected a ransom of about $200K and when the plane left again for Mexico - the passengers were still on board as hostages - he jumped out of the plane with a parachute and the money.

They never found him, but it is generally believed that a guy named McCoy who was studying law (or criminolgy) at BYU was DB Cooper. For some reason, McCoy ended up in prison and escaped and was killed in a shootout with police.

There's a book called "The Real McCoy" (and I think a movie too) that tells this story and the alleged connection to DB Cooper.

[tooblue]

DB Cooper was a guy who hijacked a flight out of Seattle in the early 70s. IIRC, he had the plane go back to Seattle where he collected a ransom of about $200K and when the plane left again for Mexico - the passengers were still on board as hostages - he jumped out of the plane with a parachute and the money.

They never found him, but it is generally believed that a guy named McCoy who was studying law (or criminolgy) at BYU was DB Cooper. For some reason, McCoy ended up in prison and escaped and was killed in a shootout with police.

There's a book called "The Real McCoy" (and I think a movie too) that tells this story and the alleged connection to DB Cooper.

I saw a documentary that stated there is near conclusive evidence that McCoy was DB Cooper. McCoy was a Utah national Guardsman and lived in Provo or American Fork I believe?

[Parrot Head]

Okay, that's the character supposedly in Prison Break. But his season didn't end too well.

[Surfah]

http://www.morgannews.us/fam.html

[MikeWaters]

http://www.morgannews.us/fam.html

Interesting that my former stake presdient is on the list.

http://www.shsu.edu/~his_www/olson.html